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The Poetry of George Wither

Edited by Frank Sidgwick

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10. AN EPITAPH UPON A GENTLEWOMAN WHO HAD FORETOLD THE TIME OF HER DEATH.
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10. AN EPITAPH UPON A GENTLEWOMAN WHO HAD FORETOLD THE TIME OF HER DEATH.

Her who beneath this stone consuming lies
For many virtues we might memorize.
But, most of all, the praise deserveth she
In making of her words and deeds agree.
For she so truly kept the word she spake,
As that with Death she promise would not break.
“I shall,” quoth she, “be dead before the mid
Of such a month.” And, as she said, she did.